The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-19

"pefsonaIi6m IN the hcEnerS GQluE8lstii tio5t.
SO far as / am concerned, | have already
disposed Of the accusation. But 1T seemed
strange to me to hear the charge repeated
Day after day. Some weeks agn an intelll-
CERT member of the staff of The TImEs-DEM-
6eRAT was sent Out to make an Investigation
and examine into the question OF ,appolnt-
ments in the parishes. He was, called. away
when he had finished ten or twelve parishes,
snd, therefore, bad only an opportunity to
secured the list of all the appointments made
by Gov, McFnery in this State. and that list
viii be published, and we Wi; scan the entire
oGessi Sns F bB qae' s aod e9Se alsSs1ss t ean
dominate and control goo, 900 people.
But in, looking over this list 1 vas
surprised to find that quite one-half had
Mcaiery. When / lake mp tie list Of Eapides
what do / fnd2 4 find that in all appsolnt-
ments from constablesu up, from 1884 down
10 date, thiTty-six in all, twenty-s1x OF them
had either been or were now
OF SAMUEL D. M'ENERY,
ard thai in your police jury of ten he has but
one supporter. That does not look mnSh
like personalisfa. 1t might have been q little
better for his political interests II he he'd been
q little more personal in his selection.
upHFhter and applause .
But here was another reason. when they
charge people with craftsmanship and, person.
alisl:l, viii you tell Iue Why Gen. Nichols and
his supporters, and the anolnted senator
HhG IS now Oh Tie St1tlp WIN uiil, 90 ilOb
answer the questiOn@put some weeks ago at
the opening OF Gov. MeEnery's campaign
Why was Frederick Nash Ogden sent TO his
gfage in hnnliIIa son, wneL Coy. hIeEnery
and Senator Errstis a,d his friends were
pleading with the n~ewly-pRde President TO
recognize o gallant gentleman who had made
1T saible for a Democratic President to be
elected2 1t YVES the events of the Fourteenth
q 3opteni her that bropgs5 the issues before
this country Of the interference OF the Fed
eral authorities and the bayenetin Mo affairs
o. State government that prcducrd q political
revolution and q Democratic House Of Rep
reset!ts tIveR, and encouraged our friends
until az last the Democratic h:g was waving
all over this country; Ths man they had
Iaofessed to support with sincerity in
former CAMPAIGNS, simply because we
s s1sliE fhoue + E Rsapsf his 70 sers RSnsf to h tRe
Etate ard to the nation entitled him to sit in
err of the Offices overlooking the battlefield
ofihe Fourteenth of September. Because We
recommended him to the President Of the
LnIed States they refused to give, him a
y7ard or a s~yilaille OF AID, and not 0nly that.
hSS they protested against ma appointment.
les them answer thGt, They dare not. They
facts into them so deeply that they never
caI.rnb them out before the people of this
State. They ought TO answer it here III this
parish of Rapldes, where the life and se--
ispen the hearts and the minds of the people
OF this parish. Jaey ought, to answer that
question before they come before yon and
charge Samuel y. MeEuery and his political
friends with ~perSonalisn in politics.
thank you, Eay friellaF, for your kind and
courteous attention. lCheers and crrs OF
'Iinrrah for ESrke.nl
At the conclusion of the majors speech he
ssas presented with an exquisite bunch of
eEt flowers from the ladies' of Alexandr a.
When he retired the applause was Genthu-
siastic that Major Burke was compelled to
respond.
JUDGE LAcKMAN
was called upon by the audience, and he re-
epeaded in an eloquent and powerful ad-
dress. He spoke in the highest terms of
Gen. Nichols and other Generals. and in the
course of his remarks asked what Private
McEnery had done for the redemption of
Louisiana, and he held that he had done
Just as much as Gen. Nichols. Judging from
the addresses of the ''reformers, :" one would
imagine that the State capital was aboutSo
be taken possession of. He made q strong
poiih on the subject of personal government
and challenged any one to prove the charge.
He supported McEnery because ne has built
ND snd infused new life in the government,
eDd is surrounded by the wisest counsellors
III Louisiana. '~'McEnery gives us premise of
Aha Future, judging from what he has done
III Tac past. He win continue to develop the
~Tr&aarcesi in the South, and give a govern
II;.sat Of which the people viii be proud. and
vii! make tiie better Governor of the two
Candidates for Louisiana
This ended the speech-Aaking. and all adj
iDuTned to the barbecue.
ETass Meeting in -PIaquenines Parish.
A Democratic mass meeting was held on
the 18th of November at Pointe-a-la HacheE
In the ninth ward of the parish of Plaque
mines.
Early at daybrcak the large lugger DexMr
passed down with a cannon on board to lie
plaee of meeting. & large flag flying atSae
MA thead mad IS. D. McEnery' in iarg.E
tefs on its folds. The steam tug c. e. gu
ziis. about TO O'Clock, carried down the
speakers; and when the Two amateur bands
of the parish United, their music, the firing
of his cannon by Capt. Alex. Travisani and
tBe stsam tugs whistle lent q volume Of
soFnd which caused the river to echo for
niles away.
Is fine platform had been built at Capt.
EateFe aiordano's plsce, under Mr.. Jeremiah
Tfeadaway's sup4 vision, and the ladies had
deeked it very tastefully with hanging moss
and lowers.
When 2 p. msotthe hour of the meeting)
arrived there we're fully 900 Democratic
voters present, many of them crossing the
rive on the steam yacht Saraazin.
Ihe fair sex WIS also well represented.
435Fs. SoliR, Mrs. IeRiche, Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
4.GeTIiano. Mrs. 1edescD, Mrs. Marry, Mrs.
H09sythe. Mrs. TreadaWay, Mrs. Baldwin,
lTiTa. Story, Miss Iassus and many other
iafs1ea gfaced the occasion with their pres
HI. q. N. Kirk, the chairman of the ninth
sy.:sxa campaign coE1nlttee, in a lev well
elinSen words, called the meeting to order.
Biz. Jsiln Grant. q leading Democra. OF the
wasd, was chosen as c~hairInan, and Msssrs.
Jos. Potash and G. T.. Fellon as secretaries.
Mtf,HFs Jeremiah I~.eadaMay, Esteve Flor
dsslo, Prosper Ll1edeville, Thomas Lyons,
4Naites Bongon.F elix I~Teadaway, Sam Soils.
Dr. h. s. Story, w. s. OtBrien. Antonio
Igaa4iaway, Charles Fox, VIM. Boyle, Robert
Williams and George Rapp were chosen vice
presidents.
Abe chairman, Mr. John Grant, intro
1dreetl as the fret speaker Cir. Bonbie. the
eeitsr of La Democratic FfaDcaise of New
Gsl.Gns. Mr. Bolbie paiba glowing tribute
70 sAe CreOles OF Louisiana. He e0nclusiveiy
tis,n the rights and merits Of the Greoles
weiG recognized: thai in the Creole parishes
tissy enjoyed the control OF the government,
&std that the present government was o pro-
gsesSare one and calculated to advance the
pFaspegIty of the State: thai he expected that
1he0 naturalized EFenchnen wouid vote FOR
MaFeaarY In New Orleans at the approaching
HTfsKA5sfIes. MI. BGuD1e closed amid applause.
BE. DANES WILKINSON next made q stirring
mGdFezs.
Tire chairman then introduced Major Rene
Il. NaaIiregaTds son OF ten. G. e. Beanre-
gard. aud former district attorney IF the
district.
Hr. Beanregard reviewed the present sit
uasSVn In forcikle words, and said that he lie
lieRad la an administration which would win
the airport of the people by Its own merito-
%tnsih deeds, and NOT BIZ q denIlneiation OF
brother Democrats.
Mr. B~eauregard will surely be the nominee.
Tor district Judge on the Democratic ticket.
&rs seeking q coalition with the Republican
parIys by which they will agree to support
tho Asespublican nominee for district Judge
II the Republicans viii aid them In opposing
TIC re-eiection Of the present Democratic
attorney.
The meeting adjourned between 4 and S
O'clock 2. ~. after passing unanimously the
following
4nrrns xear1sx 80